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South Africa Calls for Results in Zimbabwe

Mbeki shifts position as world criticism of Mugabe mounts

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 17, 2008 6:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – South Africa shifted course today and for the first time called on Zimbabwe to release election results, Reuters reports. A spokesman for the government of Thabo Mbeki—an ally of Robert Mugabe who had previously downplayed the crisis—called the situation "dire." President... Read full story »

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